diff --git a/args.go b/args.go
index e79ec33a..b7674c88 100644
--- a/args.go
+++ b/args.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func OnlyValidArgs(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
 		// A description is following a tab character.
 		var validArgs []string
 		for _, v := range cmd.ValidArgs {
-			validArgs = append(validArgs, strings.Split(v, "\t")[0])
+			validArgs = append(validArgs, strings.SplitN(v, "\t", 2)[0])
 		}
 		for _, v := range args {
 			if !stringInSlice(v, validArgs) {
diff --git a/bash_completions.go b/bash_completions.go
index 8a531518..be835704 100644
--- a/bash_completions.go
+++ b/bash_completions.go
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ func writeRequiredNouns(buf io.StringWriter, cmd *Command) {
 	for _, value := range cmd.ValidArgs {
 		// Remove any description that may be included following a tab character.
 		// Descriptions are not supported by bash completion.
-		value = strings.Split(value, "\t")[0]
+		value = strings.SplitN(value, "\t", 2)[0]
 		WriteStringAndCheck(buf, fmt.Sprintf("    must_have_one_noun+=(%q)\n", value))
 	}
 	if cmd.ValidArgsFunction != nil {
diff --git a/completions.go b/completions.go
index 55a9f62c..b76e54ad 100644
--- a/completions.go
+++ b/completions.go
@@ -226,14 +226,14 @@ func (c *Command) initCompleteCmd(args []string) {
 				}
 				if noDescriptions {
 					// Remove any description that may be included following a tab character.
-					comp = strings.Split(comp, "\t")[0]
+					comp = strings.SplitN(comp, "\t", 2)[0]
 				}
 
 				// Make sure we only write the first line to the output.
 				// This is needed if a description contains a linebreak.
 				// Otherwise the shell scripts will interpret the other lines as new flags
 				// and could therefore provide a wrong completion.
-				comp = strings.Split(comp, "\n")[0]
+				comp = strings.SplitN(comp, "\n", 2)[0]
 
 				// Finally trim the completion.  This is especially important to get rid
 				// of a trailing tab when there are no description following it.